ED Paramedic

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Care with heart

Patient smiles

Compassionate care

Lagniappe service

One-of-a-kind care

Job summary

LCMC Health seeks an ED Paramedic to provide prompt, ALS-level hospital care under physician direction. You will assess patients, perform triage, draw blood, and run point-of-care tests while maintaining safety and quality care in a dynamic ED environment.

University Medical Center in New Orleans offers a culture of service, education, and teamwork, with opportunities to mentor EMT students and contribute to infection control and patient throughput initiatives.

Qualifications

• Current National Registry and State certification as an Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic Level with one year field experience.

Responsibilities

• Performs triage to avoid delay in patient care.
• Documents patient related activities after physician approval.
• Obtains vital signs and identifies abnormal values based on age.
• Ensures infection control and proper disposal of sharps.
• Coordinates tasks with unit personnel.
• Educates EMT students as assigned.
• Maintains patient safety and appropriate patient care charges.

Skills

Paramedic Certification

EMT-Paramedic Experience

Job description

Your job is more than a job.

Why a Great Place to Work

You're more than your job. Everyone is. And that's what makes you great at your job—all the little extras you bring to work every day, the things that make you you. At LCMC Health we value those things about you, because we know that all those little extras add up to extraordinary. And we've built a culture that supports and celebrates the extraordinary. You'll see it when you come to work here, in the spirit of our places and the faces of our people. And every patient we heal, every family we comfort, every life we improve is the outcome of countless little extras adding up to an extraordinary result. Join LCMC Health, and you'll find that our everyday makes it easy to live your extraordinary.

Essential Functions

The ED Paramedic is responsible for administering prompt and efficient hospital care to the patient at an Advanced Life Support level. Provides care in the evaluation, treatment of patients operating via in person medical direction and standing orders (protocols) approved by the hospital. Ensures optimal patient care and a positive patient experience.

Under The Direction/supervisor Of a Physician, Performs Patient Assessment

• Performs triage to avoid delay in patient care.
• Utilizes clinical judgment and reports changes in patient status to designated physician.
• Obtains vital signs and identifies abnormal values based on age and development.
• Establishes priorities of care.
• Ensures the use of the patient identifiers and appropriately adheres to the specimen labeling policy established.
• Documents patient related activities after approval by physician.
• Performs blood draw and point of care testing on blood and urine as established by the ED approved standing orders.
• Ensures abnormal findings are reported directly to the nurse in charge and documented in the medical record.

Assures patient throughput initiatives are followed and infection control is maintained

• Applies the needed skills to clean and disinfect all equipment used based on established infection control policies.
• Recognizes potential hazards and takes appropriate action to ensure competent care is delivered.
• Safely and properly disposes of all sharps to ensure the safety of the patients and bystanders.

Communicates, conditions of patient/family to responsible registered nurse, charge nurse or physician

• Functions as a team member and performs other related duties as assigned.
• Accompanies and assist in transportation of patients to other diagnostic or treatment areas within the hospital.
• Functions as a resource for unit personnel.
• Coordinates tasks with appropriate personnel.
• Provides educational experiences for EMT students as assigned. Observe the rights and dignity of each patient and family.

Maintains Patient Safety

• Assumes responsibility in completing appropriate patient care charges.
• Shares in the improvement in quality of patient care through participation on committees and by contributing suggestions for improvement in the organized delivery of patient care.
• Continues professional growth by identification of personal needs for continuing education, setting goals and planning course of action.

Job Qualifications

• Current National Registry and State certification as an Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic Level with one (1) year field experience as an EMT-Paramedic.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Work Shift

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health's incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.